Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-27

on fungi, says tnat while sulPbate of cop
per and lime, applied separately, had very
little If any effect IN preventing mildew
in vines, the combination Of the two had
entirely prevented it. good formula
was 20 dissolve one pOuGd sulphate of
copper in tive gsliOCs IF water Stake
two pounds of good lime in the same
qusntity Of water and then mix the solu-
lions, when the mixture should be thor
oughly applied 20 vine and foliage
Another method II application is to dis
solve sixteen and . hslt pounds of sui
Uhate in the smallest quantity OF water
/ possible: also 10 have II, when slaked, in
the liquid form. Nix these thoroughly
and dry. When Try crush and powder.
! The powder can be blown over foliage,
| fruit and vine.
! y new idea IS s bed-spring which shall
get as tire-escape in time Of danger. 1t
consists Of four sets Of springs, seven
feet long and Just wide enough when laid
| together 10 sit in 4 bed-frame. Esch set
Is attached 10 the adjoining one by
clamp, which uniteS iron appendages
fastened 20 the end Of the springs. These
! sppendages add TO the length of the ar
rangemeut So SIS to make it about thirty
| feet long while hanging out IF the win
| Z
| fitted with TUngs made Of Wrought-irOn,
the only part of the Continuance not Of
steel. These rungs, which are on the
outside when the springs depend from the
window, and about fifteen inches apart,
! form pretty strong ladder, which may
! be made use OF for descent.
Freshly-made gIuei5 stronger than that
VIII Ch has been repeatedly melted. Too
] Lon rTp n nj a.
| made st time. Glue may be freed from
she foreign aGimaI matter generally in it
! oy softeninG 1t IN cold water, washing it
/ with the same seyoisI times, till il no
/ longer gives out eny color, then bruisiHg
1t with the hand, and suspending it in q
| linen bsg beneath the surface of s large
/ quantity OF water at SO T. BY doing this
| the pure glue is retained in the bag and
/ the soluble impurities pass through. If
/ the softened glue DC heated 20 I'D with
0uJ water and filtered, some other i'm
/ purltes viii be retained by the filter, and
| q CnlOrl5sS solution CT glue be obtained
| With yiW TO overcoming the tlicul-
ties in spreading bOraX and other tiuXiug
materials over the heated surfsces in
/ making Yields, d Frenclman has invented
| plates, usually consisting OF & very plia-
ole wire gauZe, on both sides Of which the
| fax, being highly vitrihed, is evenly
spread Paper may he also used as q
| support, In cases of small surfaces il is
| often sufficient to form u sheet of the fux
and metal filings aEEtOmerated together
The plates are simply placed between the
surfaces in place Of the powder beng
sprinkIed on, the WIRE gauze being
welded in between the surfaces
The manufacture Of real Russia iron III
I this country IS 81 assured fact, AMI q
/ plant will shortly be started IN Cleveland,
| Ohio, with natural Gas for fuel. An
| American manufacturer has possessed
himself of the secret process IN use in
Russia tor making this variety Of iron,
! after i0urneying 70 Siberia 10 obtain it.
Some specimens of the improved imita-
ton iron have Oeen shown which
apparently possess all the good qualities
OF the genuine article.
William c Kingsley, protector of the
| Brooklyn bridge, estimated many wears
| sgO, IN the infancy Of the enterprise, that
| $4,000, GOO persons per annum would rep
resent its maximum capacity, aud that
this number of people would be using the
bridge in 1900. Already 1850 900 pee
pie cross the bridge, and at the present
rate OF increase Mr., Ktngsley's estimate
L
the time fixed by him.
Belts that have been !oCsened by get
ting wet should be thoroughly dried and
fastened toget-er by inserting cement
into the cracks with q knife and hammer
ing until dry. a good cement for this
purpose is equal proportions OF good
glue and PtussiaE geiatlne dissolved IN
the same manner as ordinary glue.
Steam and gas f.strs have lust learned
that graphite properly prepared is supe-
rior to rcd lead for making Joints and
connections. Il is said that Jnis article
will not "sec" under any conditions, but
that it makes . perfect Joint aad pre-
serves the iron from rust.
L is not necessary to have different
metals to obtain current of electricity.
Iron IN nitric acid and iron in sulphuric
acid, the two fluids being separated by
porous partition, will give 9 current, one
plate wasting away while the other Is
thickened.
Gelatine is the latest adulrerant of
butter. By adding gelatine, which
etsorbs ten times its weight OF water, the
consistency Of the butter is retained and
the water sduleratiOn is not noticeable.
There are $1,000 acres Of oyster beds
in Tue Bay of Arcachon, France, which
yield 900, O00,00 oysters q year.